Ohio Revised Code Chapter 935 - Possession Of Wild Animals And Snakes

• Section 935.01 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Board of health" means the board of health of a city or general health district or the authority...
• Section 935.011 - Defining Wild Animals And Restricted Snakes.
  The director of agriculture may recommend to the general assembly species of animals to be included in the definition of "dangerous wild animal" and...
• Section 935.02 - Possession Of Dangerous Wild Animal Prohibited.
  (A) No person shall possess a dangerous wild animal on or after January 1, 2014. (B) (1) Except as provided in divisions (G)(1) and...
• Section 935.03 - Exceptions.
  (A) Division (A) of section 935.02 of the Revised Code does not apply to any of the following: (1) A person to which all...
• Section 935.04 - Registration Of Dangerous Wild Animals.
  (A) A person that possesses a dangerous wild animal on the effective date of this section shall register the animal with the director of...
• Section 935.041 - Registration Of Certain Marmosets, Monkeys, Capuchins And Lemurs.
  A person that possesses any of the following animals shall register the animal in the same manner as provided in section 935.04 of the...
• Section 935.05 - Wildlife Shelter Permit.
  (A) A person that possesses a registered dangerous wild animal in this state on October 1, 2013, that wishes to continue to possess the...
• Section 935.06 - Issuance Or Denial Of Wildlife Shelter Permit.
  (A) Not later than ninety days after receipt of an application under section 935.05 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall issue...
• Section 935.07 - Wildlife Propagation Permit.
  (A) A person that possesses a registered dangerous wild animal in this state on October 1, 2013, that wishes to continue to possess the...
• Section 935.08 - Restricted Snake Possession Permit.
  (A) (1) A person that possesses a restricted snake in this state prior to January 1, 2014, that wishes to continue to possess the...
• Section 935.09 - Issuance Or Denial Of Restricted Snake Possession Permit.
  (A) Not later than ninety days after receipt of an application under section 935.08 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall issue...
• Section 935.10 - Restricted Snake Propagation Permit.
  (A) (1) A person that possesses a restricted snake in this state prior to January 1, 2014, that wishes to continue to possess the...
• Section 935.101 - Rescue Facility Permit.
  (A) (1) In lieu of obtaining any other permit under this chapter, a person that operates a rescue facility in this state prior to...
• Section 935.11 - Persons Possessing Both Dangerous Wild Animals And Restricted Snakes.
  (A) A person that possesses at least one dangerous wild animal and at least one restricted snake shall apply for both a wildlife shelter...
• Section 935.12 - Compliance.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a person that has been issued a permit under this chapter for a dangerous...
• Section 935.13 - Suspension Or Revocation Of Permit.
  The director of agriculture may suspend or revoke a permit issued under this chapter for a violation of this chapter or rules. A person...
• Section 935.14 - Maintenance Of Database; Access.
  (A) The director of agriculture shall maintain a database of both of the following: (1) Until January 1, 2014, the name and address of...
• Section 935.15 - Records.
  (A) A person that has been issued a permit under this chapter shall maintain records of all of the following regarding each dangerous wild...
• Section 935.16 - Escape Of Animal; Notification.
  (A) If a dangerous wild animal or restricted snake escapes, the person that possesses the animal or snake immediately shall notify both of the...
• Section 935.17 - Adoption Of Rules.
  The director of agriculture shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish all of the following: (A) Both...
• Section 935.18 - Sale Or Auction Of Animals Prohibited.
  (A) Except for a restricted snake specified in division (L)(1) of section 935.01 of the Revised Code, no person shall sell or offer for...
• Section 935.19 - Access To Premises.
  (A) (1) The director of agriculture or the director's designee may enter at all reasonable times any premises at which a dangerous wild animal...
• Section 935.20 - Investigations.
  (A) On and after January 1, 2014, the director of agriculture immediately shall cause an investigation to be conducted if the director has reason...
• Section 935.21 - Other Officers Authorized To Investigate.
  The director of agriculture may request either of the following to accompany the director or an employee of the department of agriculture for purposes...
• Section 935.22 - Liability For Destruction Of Animal Or Snake.
  An employee of an agency or political subdivision of the state that destroys a dangerous wild animal or restricted snake that is a threat...
• Section 935.23 - Requirements For Access To Antivenom; List Of Species; Liability For Treatment Of Bites.
  (A) The owner of a restricted snake specified in division (L)(2), (3), or (4) of section 935.01 of the Revised Code shall do both...
• Section 935.24 - Civil Penalty.
  (A) The attorney general, upon request of the director of agriculture, shall bring an action for injunction against any person who has violated, is...
• Section 935.25 - Dangerous And Restricted Animal Fund.
  (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the dangerous and restricted animal fund, which shall consist of all of the following: (1)...
• Section 935.26 - Dangerous And Restricted Animals Advisory Board.
  (A) There is hereby created the dangerous and restricted animals advisory board consisting of the following members: (1) The director of agriculture or the...
• Section 935.27 - Dangerous Wild Animal State Emergency Response Commission.
  (A) There is hereby created the dangerous wild animal state emergency response commission consisting of all of the following: (1) The director of agriculture...
• Section 935.28 - County Emergency Response Plan.
  The dangerous wild animal county emergency response team of a county established under section 935.27 of the Revised Code shall prepare an emergency response...
• Section 935.29 - Local Ordinances.
  (A) For the purposes of this section, ordinances to control dangerous wild animals, restricted snakes, or both include, but are not limited to, ordinances...
• Section 935.99 - Criminal Penalties.
  (A) Whoever violates division (A), (B), (C), (E), (F), or (G) of section 935.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of...

Last modified: October 10, 2016